It is a little bittersweet to file this report, but Friday will be the final live broadcast of the Nonchalant Café Hour. After hosting the show since 2002, the Captain is moving on to new horizons and will air an entire hour of vintage NCH antics including Front Porch Weather Reports, Ukulele Jams, Word of the Day and much more.

Also listen in for favorite show memories by Ukulele de Jason, DJ Dallas, the Dirty Hippy, K-Booty and many other beautiful people that have been involved with the NCH over the years.

Kalamazoo, Mich.’s the Red Sea Pedestrians recently released their new album “Adrift”. The 12 new songs offer a unique voyage for listeners handcrafted by a band carving a path with sounds from Eastern Europe, Folk Americana, a slight touch of rock and other global inspirations.

RSP’s Rachel Flanigan (clarinet, vocals) and Ian Gorman (mandolin, banjo, concertina, accordion, and lots more) will stop by the Nonchalant Café Hour Friday to chat about the new record among other adventures.

See a video of them at the 2010 Cooper’s Glen Music Festival below:

Also on the show, we’ll catch up with the fine folks over at the Kalamazoo Gazette’s KalamaBrew to find out the latest happenings in the Michigan craft beer scene.

Adam Kinghorn, H4TH’s guitarist, banjo player and vocalist, will join the Nonchalant Café Hour by phone Friday to chat about the new album and all the latest from their summer tour.

Also on the show, we’ll catch up with the fine folks over at the Kalamazoo Gazette’s KalamaBrew to find out the latest happenings in the Michigan craft beer scene. In a side note, be sure to stop by Draft Magazine and vote for KalamaBrew as your favorite beer blog … because they are right?

Bloomington, Indiana’s Husband&Wife stopped in Kalamazoo recently while on tour through the Midwest. Following their show at The Strutt, Husband &Wife stopped by WIDR FM studios to record a Dead@WIDR performance.

They also stopped by the Nonchalant Café Hour to discuss their progress on a new record (stop by the NCH website in the next couple of days for to hear the recording) In the meantime, you can catch Husband&Wife in an NCH Web extra.

It’s that time of year when Oberon Nation can fully take in the bounty of their favorite summer beer in mini keg fashion. That’s right, Kalamazoo’s Bell’s Brewery has released its latest incarnation of the Oberon mini keg!

This year, imbibers will take in the artistic inspiration of Salvador Dali combined with the wheat-beer goodness of Oberon. Shipped over from Germany, these mini kegs are a commodity. So, get them while you can, Dali will only be in town for the summer.